We’re running this week’s cover story by Suzy
Banks not
because it represents late-breaking news, a hot political issue, or an
important cultural event, but because it is good writing, good
storytelling,
and great reading. Banks regularly dispenses building and home
improvement
wisdom in her weekly Chronicle column “Hearth and Soul,” back in
our
classifieds section (see p. 78). Last weekend (and doing much of the
work
themselves), she and her husband/construction partner Richard led a
Chronicle team constructing an awning for the back of the
building,
creating a wonderful shaded area for the staff. Banks’ story didn’t get
the
cover in exchange for labor; we had already made that decision – it is
just a
happy coincidence. Currently, the two are in Eagle Pass to appear in
John
Sayles’ Lone Star.
Speaking of writing, The Austin Chronicle Short Story
Contest
deadline is fast approaching. May 1 is the last date to submit stories
for this
year’s contest, co-sponsored by 107.1 KGSR, Book People, and Balcones
Fault Red
Granite beer. This is your chance to write and to be read. Take it.
Many letters to cross, so I’m out of here.
This article appears in April 28 • 1995 and April 28 • 1995 (Cover).